Last year, a Catholic deacon and his family immigrated to Miami from Venezuela. Upon their arrival, the father asked his children where they would like to go first. We can guess at their answers: Disney World, McDonald’s, Miami Beach. Their reply: “can we please go to a grocery store?”

In the list of things nobody in the world likes to do, standing in line holds a secure place. A hermit nun (yes really) once told me that the wealthier or more powerful a person is, the less time they spend waiting. For the rest of us, we stand in line...